CHAPTER VI

1642-1643

VILLE MARIE

FOUNDED BY PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE

THE DEPARTURE OF THE EXPEDITION FROM MONTREAL--THE ARRIVAL AT PLACE ROYALE--THE "VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS" AND MASS ON THE "COMMON"--VIMONT'S PROPHECY--ACTIVITIES OF ENCAMPMENT--THE FIRST REINFORCEMENT--THE FIRST QUASI-PAROCHIAL CHAPEL BUILT IN WOOD--ALGONQUINS VISIT THE CAMP--FLOODS AND THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE MOUNTAIN--PEACEFUL DAYS--PRIMITIVE FERVOUR AND SIMPLICITY--THE DREADED IROQUOIS AT LAST APPEAR--FIRST ATTACK--THE FIRST CEMETERY--"CASTLE DANGEROUS"--THE ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND REINFORCEMENT--_Les Véritables Motifs_. NOTES: THE HURONS, ALGONQUINS AND IROQUOIS 73